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In reply to the discussion: Seriously need to knock off the AOC hate here [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)to recognize it as such. Unfortunate for extremists that they've made the word have such bad connotations, but not unjust ones. They've been intensively studied and continue to be, for good reason.
Our GA power company is a collective. Buy property in its area, you become a member. Of course, since the membership benefit is electrification of our rural area, the occasional monetary refunds that come to us wouldn't buy dinner out.
"Jerry Rubin: Fuck you!
Hayden: That is what I was afraid
... If we leave without saying anything about why we came in the first place, itll be heartbreaking. If the jury finds us guilty, were not leaving at all. The only thing we need to say about why we came here is it wasnt to incite violence."
Lol, thanks for the memory. If only we'd had cable back then. After inadvertently helping elect Nixon in 1968, Hayden of course later went on to serve in the CA legislature, married Jane Fonda, gave a nod to Bernie Sanders but endorsed Hillary Clinton, and died right before seeing his nation elect Trump in 2016.
Jerry Rubin, after retiring from anti-war activism, became an entrepreneur/businessman, was an early investor in Apple, said "wealth creation is the real American revolution. What we need is an infusion of capital into the depressed areas of our country," and died wealthy in 1994.